A/N: This chapter was supposed to be chapter 69 but I got a better idea for it, so I'll post this for FE's 30th anniversary. This chapter's like 8 months old...
Marth woke up in his boyfriend's arms. He stared at him wondering what he had done to get such an amazing boyfriend. Roy could go from hot in the night to adorable in the morning. He truly was the best of both worlds.
Marth had been so distracted by the sleeping redhead's cuteness that he had almost forgotten he had an important Melee tournament to attend and he needed to grind and play friendlies.
The prince didn't want to wake up Roy by making noise or turning on the lights. Luckily, he had already packed his bag and had chosen his clothes. Thank you, past Marth.
Marth quickly grabbed the folded clothes closest to him and got dressed before giving Roy a quick kiss and leaving the room. He had a brush and deodorant in his bag and had taken a nice long shower the previous evening, so he didn't need to use the bathroom.
As he walked down the hallway, he felt painful cramps in his body making it hard to walk. He would never make it in time to the venue at this rate.
Marth took out his phone and called Cloud, begging him to drive him to the venue. Cloud didn't have anything better to do so he agreed to the prince's request.
Since Marth's life was pretty shit, there just had to be a traffic jam. The town had decided it was time to build a new mall and many roads had to be closed.
"Ugh, I should have just walked," Marth sulked, "Why do I have to have the worst day of my life right after the best night of my life?"
"Oh, I guess that explains everything," Cloud replied.
"Explains what?"
"Why you're wearing Roy's clothes and why you can't-"
"I'm wearing Roy's clothes!?"
Marth looked at the mirror in the car and saw he was wearing Roy's headband instead of his tiara. He had been in such a rush that he hadn't noticed he had taken the wrong clothes. He hadn't even realized they were too big.
"What am I going to do without my tiara?" Marth asked, "Everyone's going to make fun of me!"
"Just make up some dumb lie and say you're showing support for your boyfriend," Cloud told Marth as he helped him adjust the headband, "They'll think it's cute you're encouraging him."
"I can say it's so that he takes Melee more seriously! Great idea! What's the worst that could happen?"
By some miracle, Marth had arrived early enough to grind and play friendlies. He lied to all the people asking him about his appearance and why he was limping.
However, there was obviously something wrong with Marth. He was in so much pain that he was barely winning against Kirby in friendlies and Kirby was the absolute worst at Melee.
People were spreading rumors ranging from Marth's strength coming from his tiara to there being a soul swap between Marth and Roy. Obviously none of them were true but that didn't matter to Jigglypuff, Falco and Fox who were eager to face Marth at his worst.
"I can't continue like this," Marth ranted to Cloud, "I need my tiara. I'm nothing without it. It causes me physical pain not having it."
"Marth, I don't think that's what's causing you pain."
"Yes, it is. I told you everyone would make fun of me. I'm going to lose against Kirby in brackets if I continue without it."
"I'm sure Roy noticed you left your tiara and made sure to bring it with him."
Marth hoped what Cloud was saying was true. But Roy didn't take Melee too seriously and always arrived just in time for his matches. The TO's had definitely rigged everything against him by having him be in the first wave of pools and Roy in the last.
Marth had barely survived pools. He had almost lost to random kids who couldn't even wavedash. Pathetic. Marth was absolutely disgusted.
Cloud decided to take his upset friend to the pharmacy. He planned on buying his friend some painkillers but Marth refused to let Cloud buy them. There was no reasoning with Marth when he went more insane than usual. You just had to leave him be.
"Do you want to head back or do you want to go for a quick drink?" Cloud asked.
"Drink," Marth replied, "I don't want to spend more time than necessary at the venue."
Cloud walked Marth to a bench allowing the prince to relax. As Cloud went to buy some drinks, he prayed Marth wouldn't get into any trouble and would instead spend his time coming up with a rant.
Meanwhile, Roy had just arrived at the venue to play his sets. Once he was done, he went looking for Marth.
There was a lunch break between pools and brackets, so Roy expected Marth to be at the usual table he always sat on. Much to his surprise, he found Peach and Captain Falcon chatting.
"I'm telling you, Peach, Marth's definitely got a hangover!" the driver yelled.
"I know I'm right, Falcon!" Peach insisted, "Marth's acting weird because he lost his-"
"Is something wrong with Marth?" Roy asked as he joined in the conversation, "Shouldn't he be here by now?"
"Roy! He barely made it out of pools. He's acting really weird. He's wearing your headband for some reason. Did he lose his tiara?"
"No, he just took my clothes by mistake."
"I told you!" Pichu shouted, "You guys owe me money!"
Roy figured Marth wouldn't want to be at the venue without his tiara and decided to grab some quick lunch. Hopefully, he'd find his boyfriend before the bracket started.
"And so then Master Hand was like 'I'm so so tired of seeing you win all the time, I'm not letting you compete in tournaments from now on. Lucina will take your place.' and that made all my training with Roy for nothing. I'm the equivalent to Roy in Melee except I don't suck!"
"Well, technically you do."
"What do you mean technically I do? Oh, I guess it's because I don't have my tiara now. My life's become a living hell ever since I left my room. You know, I haven't seen Roy once since this morning. I bet he doesn't want an idiot who forgets his tiara to be his boyfriend!"
"Marth, that's nice and all," Cloud sighed before changing tone, "But how the hell did you get drunk from drinking apple juice?"
"It's my lack of tiara," Marth cried, "I'm going to rant to Link. I'm being too much of a burden on you."
Marth reached down to his pocket only to remember he was wearing someone else's pants and that meant no iPhone for him.
The prince was about to burst into tears but Cloud told him they were going to be late to the tournament if he continued crying.
When Marth made it back to the venue, he was relieved to see his boyfriend. He wanted to run towards him and jump straight into a tight warm hug. However life had other plans.
As Marth started his dash, a burst of pain went through his legs and lower back and he fell onto the cold hard ground. Roy rushed towards him to make sure he wasn't badly hurt, but all Marth wanted was his tiara.
Roy took his headband off Marth's head and placed the tiara back where it belonged. A huge smile made its way onto Marth's face and the prince was ready to get back up. But all the pain was still there.
Of course! It was his iPhone he needed. But once Roy gave him the phone, nothing changed. The pain was not going away.
"I don't get it!" Marth screamed in agony, "Why does it still hurt? I was feeling great yesterday!"
"Jesus Christ, Marth," Cloud sighed, "You should know better than anyone why you're in pain."
Most of the venue was just as confused as Marth. Pichu was freaking out because if wearing the wrong clothes wasn't the cause of Marth's pain, he would lose all the money he had made.
However, an epiphany struck Marth and his face heated up. Dr. Mario walked up to him and gave him a list of medicines and painkillers. Marth thanked the doctor and left with Cloud to get the prescribed drugs. The venue was now even more confused.
Luckily, their confusion was about to get annihilated. Ike, who was supposed to be on a camping trip, ran into the venue, gave Roy a hug and congratulated him.
"Link told me what happened!" Ike grinned, "I'm so proud of you! You're not our boy anymore, you're our man!"
"Thanks?" Roy awkwardly smiled back in an attempt to hide his annoyance, "I told him not to tell you..."
"Don't make a big deal about it. I had forgotten my extra headband, so I would have seen Marth's clothes covered in your-"
"I-Ike, we're in public!"
"You fucks owe me money!" Kirby shouted, "I fucking told you Roy fu-"
"There are children here, Kirby!" Peach scolded, "Watch your mouth!"
"Fuck you, Peach. I say what I want!"
"Young man, you are grounded!" Palutena shouted as she entered the venue took Kirby and left with him.
In the end, the tournament was canceled and everyone returned home.
Roy and Ike had managed to miss every single bus back to the mansion. Mainly because Ike kept annoying the fuck out of Roy which led them to getting distracted every time a bus drove by.
"So, did you both get to... Or was it just you?"
"Ike, shut up!" Roy shouted while covering his red face, "We're in public and people are staring."
"Alright, blink once for just you-" Ike was met by a fist to the face. "I'm assuming that means you both got to-"
"Ike, seriously! There are kids here."
"They won't get it so it's fine. Their parents probably also want to know who- Wait, Roy, don't run away!"
"Stop invading my privacy all the time!"
"What are you talking about? Alternate universes don't count."
Roy groaned because he knew his roommate had a point. Of course, the best night of his life with his boyfriend who was also his roommate had to be followed by the most annoying one with his other roommate who wasn't his boyfriend.
Thanks for reading!
The reason Marth has leg cramps is because he's not used to exercising anymore. Please buff Marth, Sakurai.
Ngl, Byleth single-handedly killed my motivation for this fic. I wanted literally anyone but her. I decided to just not bother writing a half-assed introduction chapter and post this instead. My old computer also died so I lost my wips. I tried writing but I hated everything, I wrote for this fic. :P
See you guys next chapter!
